Tag: mountain pine beetle
What is Beetle Kill Pine? The millions of acres of dead pine trees riddled throughout the Western United States and Canada are better known as Beetle Kill Pine. The killer of these trees is the mountain pine beetle which bores into the wood, lays their eggs, and ultimately suffocates the tree by cutting off its […]
Updated on 1/11/2023 The Biology Behind What Causes Blue Stain In Pine Many wonder what blue stain pine is and what causes it. To fully understand what gives our Beetle Kill Pine flooring and blue pine wall paneling their color, we need to look into the biological concept of symbiosis. The term symbiosis comes from […]
Source: Cowboys and Indians By Jason Blevins As pine beetles continue to ravage the West and the construction market continues to stall, entrepreneurs and environmentalists struggle to give new life to dead wood. The sky was the limit in 2007. Home prices were skyrocketing. Little more than a signature harvested big loans. Everyone was spending. […]